Dive Summary:
- 800,000 tons of waste and dirt were part of a landslide that occurred at the Big Run landfill in Ashland, Kentucky.
- The site is still open to accept trash as the area where the landslide took place has been inactive for the past decade.
- An investigation is being conducted to determine the cause of the landslide.
From the article:
"…It [the area] shifted as a group rather than collapsing," Scott Cunningham, region vice president for the company, told the newspaper.